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Medical > Cardiology
Managing Your Child's Heart Health with Muscular Dystrophy: A Parent's Guide to Cardiomyopathy Monitoring
...contracts about 100,000 times per day. Without dystrophin, each contraction causes microscopic tears in cardiac muscle cells. Over years, the muscle scars and stiffens. The heart enlarges to compensate, but eventually it can't pump efficiently. In DMD, this process is inevitable. The genetic mutation eliminates...
Health > Alternative Medicine
CBD for Children with Special Needs: Separating Marketing from Medicine
...online and found that more than a quarter contained significantly less CBD than labeled. Some contained THC when the label claimed none. This isn't a scare tactic. It's a manufacturing reality. Without FDA oversight,...
Health > Mental Health
Health Scare Fatigue!
The text mocks the constant, sometimes absurd health warnings and urges living life fully without fear of alarmist health claims.
Health > Treatment
Neurofeedback: The Cure for ADHD?
Neurofeedback could be a comprehensive, medication-free treatment for ADHD, potentially improving brain function and even IQ scores.
Health > Mental Health
Calm in Crisis
...as “the real thing”. In other words, these screams did not belong to a child who was merely tired or cranky. These sounds belonged to a distressed, scared, frightened, angry, or otherwise wounded child. I listened for the teacher's voice. Was the child being punished? Was someone scolding him? Was he...
Therapies > Physical
Helping Child with Special Needs Through Yoga
...concentration and help children manage certain health conditions, such as headaches and irritable bowel...self-esteem and compassion and improves their overall health,” she said. “Yoga also improves a child’s posture,...In her book, “Yoga for the Special Child,” Sumar shares the success she’s had with Roberta, and later with...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy - An Adoption Story
...romanticized and I lacked a real understanding of adoption. I pictured bringing a shy, malnourished, lonely child to my home who would transform into a healthy and happy little person because of the love of our family. I must confess that when we adopted a child with cerebral palsy I also had unrealistic expectations...
Lifestyle > Relationships
On Being a Military Wife and Mother
...was quickly taken to the intensive care unit and stayed there 37 days, battling for her life. When discharged from the hospital, we took our home a healthy baby at first, but it was very difficult to handle. She was crying all the time; only me or my husband managed to calm her. At night she slept with...
Legal > Advocacy
Special Needs Advocacy 101
...that the way to get my son to talk was to "read to him." Now, let me say I have tremendous respect for pediatricians. Keeping our children physically healthy is no small task and my pediatrician could certainly be classified as someone who was dedicated to his work. However, he didn't (and many pediatricians...
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Eligibility Criteria Explained
...educational need that general education with standard supports can't address. Here's what that means in practice: a child with ADHD (which falls under "Other Health Impairment") qualifies for an IEP only if ADHD interferes with learning or classroom functioning to a degree that requires specialized instruction....
Education > Higher Education
Disability Resource Centers: Your College Student's Guide to Registration and Services
...This includes learning disabilities, ADHD, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, chronic health conditions, and sensory impairments. Common accommodations...disabilities, ADHD, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, chronic health conditions, and sensory impairments. Common accommodations include: Extended...
Special Needs > Respiratory Health
Asthma Management at School: What Parents of Children with Disabilities Need to Know
School asthma plans for children with disabilities require modified protocols and clear nurse communication.